July 16, 2014

Teen Mania International announced today that they are cancelling this years internship program - giving prospective interns and their families only a few weeks notice to make other plans (and likely keeping their money). The program will supposedly be reinstated in 2015....if Teen Mania even makes it that far.

Years of declining attendance numbers in every program, years of reckless spending, the foreclosure, substantiated allegations of abuse, changing the entire internship model and then outright canceling it in a matter of weeks - these are the death knells for Teen Mania's empire.

With no intern labor force to call youth pastors and teenagers, Teen Mania is now looking for promoters to fill their events in exchange for a percentage of the revenue. If you can't keep an organization afloat when the majority of your labor force is PAYING YOU...well, do I really have to spell that out?

Goodbye, Teen Mania. You are now on life support. You can keep gasping for breath but its only a matter of time before the plug is pulled and you are gone forever.

June 10, 2014

After months of insisting that Teen Mania NEVER missed a mortgage payment (including in an hour long conference call with alumni shortly after the announcement), Ron Luce has finally admitted that they in fact did miss one payment.

Of particular note, in the wake of the original article, Board member and former intern, Nathan Moody, resigned his position.

The auditors report can be found here and is full of sound advice which Ron Luce refused to implement. This caused the resignation of several other board members as well as (presumably) David and Jon Hasz:

Edwards said the Teen Mania board sought to implement the report’s
recommendations, but “it was met with strong opposition from Ron Luce,
who sought to maintain the status quo.” He confirmed that several board
members and at least two key executives subsequently left the
organization.

The memo provides documentation for several facts cited in WORLD’s story
(see Nos. 19, 22, and 31). Readers will also find key issues WORLD did
not have space to address, including recommendations to review Katie
Luce’s compensation—she works in the office one day per week, according
to the report, and earns $50,000 annually (No. 9)—and the
“appropriateness” of Ron Luce’s travel policy allowing him to take one
family member on every trip. “A less generous benefit may be
sufficient,” the document reads (No. 10).

May 28, 2014

In a recent blog post, Honor Academy Director Jeff Pruett purposely plagiarizesCBN's story on author John Hagees crazy blood moon prophecy theory. (And then hints that a nuclear holocaust may happen in the near future.)I say purposely because he often changes only one word in a sentence like saying that particular events in Israel's history were "epic" instead of "major." This clearly shows that he knew exactly what he was doing. He even changes a specific quote credited to John Hagee to instead say "according to a Christian leader."Take a look below at his blog post. Everything in bold was plagiarized word for word. Everything in italics was plagiarized but he reworded or used synonyms. Is this what the kids at the HONOR academy are learning? This does not seem like a very honorable example to set - especially when these classes are supposedly for college credit. (Not to mention that the content is ridiculous and easily debunked!)

Think of how a star led the wise men
to Jesus or how the sun stood still as Joshua led Israel to victory over its
enemies. I wonder…is God is getting ready to speak this way once
again?

Acts 2:19-20, which reads, “And I will show wonders in
Heaven above and signs in the Earth beneath, the sun shall be turned into
darkness and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and awesome day
of the Lord.”

Four Blood Moons are coming…starting tomorrow

There will be a series of blood moons in 2014 and 2015 and I believe these
will have enormous significance for Israel and the Church. These “Blood Moons”
will act as a sort of celestial indicator…to God’s dealings with men…a sign.

A single blood moon happens fairly
regularly; four appearing so closely together is exceptionally uncommon. There have only been a series of blood
moons a handful of times over the past 500 years.Let’s
examine exactly what a blood moon is and what is the Biblical significance?

A blood moon is when the Earth comes
between the sun and the moon.

The sun is shining through the
atmosphere of the Earth and casts up on the moon a red shadow. And so the moon
appears to be red. North America will be able to see a blood moon when it takes on this color during the
eclipse as it passes through the Earth’s shadow, which is the color of a desert
sunset.

Such moons appear several times in
Scripture.

In the book of Joel, God says there
will be “wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire…the sun will
be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the Lord.”

In Acts, the Apostle Peter repeats
that verse from Joel. And the book of Revelation says that during the Great
Tribulation, “the moon will become like blood.”

On April 15 the first of the four Blood moons happens during
Passover. Then again on October 8, the blood moon will occur during the
Feast of Tabernacles. Another blood moon will occur during Passover on April 4,
2015. The last Blood Moon will happen on September 28, 2015, which is
Feast of the Tabernacles…a total of four blood moons, all appearing on Jewish
feast days.

We must remember, the sun, moon, stars and the Earth are all
controlled sovereignly by almighty God…not man. He and He alone chooses the path
the heavenly bodies take, directing them according to His will. God has chosen
to make these signs in the heavens occur during Passover and the Feast of
Tabernacles.

What are the Historic implications?

In the past, during the rare
appearance of four blood moons on these feast days has coincided with epic events for nation of Israel.

In 1492, Spain expelled the Jews.
Columbus also discovered America, which became a safe haven for the Jewish
people. According to a Christian leader, “In each of these blood moons, you
have something that begins in tragedy and ends in triumph.”

For instance, in 1948, Israel was
REBORN as a nation. After approximately
2,000 years, God supernaturally brought them from 66 nations and a nation was
born in a day,” This was on the heels of
the tragedy of the Holocaust. Tragedy to Triumph.

In 1967, Israel won the Six-Day War
and recaptured Jerusalem.

For the first time in 2,000 years,
the city of Jerusalem and the State of Israel were united as one once again.

Today Israel faces the ongoing terror of nuclear threat from her enemies
throughout the world. The blood moons of
2014 and 2015 are poised to appear In the shadow of Iran’s work upon a nuclear
weapons, while both Egypt and Syria, are in total chaos.

The real possibility that Israel chooses a military means to secure safety
for it’s self would undoubtedly begin a
chain of events that would change the course of world history. In
light of this the time is now for the Christians
of America to strengthen their stand
and rise up and support Israel. We cannot remain silent and expect to receive God’s approval.

Psalms 122:6 says, “Pray for
peace in Jerusalem. May all who love this city prosper.”

I’m not saying that The Blood Moons indicate that a nuclear holocaust is
imminent or certain. But I am saying we must know the signs of the times. The
Lord Jesus Himself spoke of “the signs of the times.” Certain telltale
signs correspond to a crisis-filled close of this age — called in the Bible
“the time of the end.” The question is do we understand the nature of these
crucial signs? And what are we doing in light of them?

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